Edwin Marquez, Visa Problems - 29

So, when players returned to camp that year, but Marquez couldn't. That couldn't have been of much help to the backstop. It was Visa problems for the Venezuelan native that stalled his return, according to the Los Angeles Times.

For the Salem Angels of the Northwest League that year, Marquez got just 33 at-bats,
hitting .091. He returned for 1984 and part of 1985, hitting .250 in 48
at-bats in 1984 and then just .215 in 79 at-bats in 1985.

He made it up to single-A Quad City for the rest of 1985 and all of 1986, finding his bat in 1986. That year, he hit .280 with five home runs for the QC Angels. That also earned him a promotion to AA Midland.

At
Midland, Marquez continued his tear, hitting .286 for the Texas League
team. Then came 1988, a hint at Visa problems and injury. He earned a
promotion that year to AAA Edmonton, after his early visa problems were
solved. But he only got in 13 games. A sore hand in mid-July put him on the disabled list, according to The Times.

When he finally got into camp in 1989, he started his season. But he would split the year
between Edmonton and single-A Palm Springs. He hit .260 at Palm
Springs, including a July double that gave Palm Springs the lead against
Modesto, according to the Modesto Bee.

Back at Edmonton, Marquez hit .293 in 32 games,
but it was his final year with the Angels system. For 1990, Marquez
started with the Montreal system, then jumped to Houston. He played at
AAA Indianapolis and AA Jacksonville, briefly both places. He hit .163
at Indianapolis.

With the Houston system, Marquez played 18 games at AAA Tucson, hitting markedly better, at .339. But Marquez was done. He wouldn't return for 1991.

1990 Minor League TallyPlayers/Coaches Featured: 2,386Made the Majors: 979-41.0%Never Made Majors:1,407-59.0%5+ Seasons in the Majors: 40810+ Seasons in the Minors:245